The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 9, 1972
Waning Crescent
36.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 AM
12:09 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.3%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 608
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 233.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 24m / -25.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.31° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.36° / 3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.72° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.